[TowerTalk] What do do on 80 when height restricted?

[Jim Thomson]

Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 23:09:33 -0700
From: Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] What do do on 80 when height restricted?

On Mon,10/24/2016 6:19 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> What is his objective, DX, or local?  The answer will dictate the
> antenna choices.

That's an urban myth. Yes, verticals have little or no high angle 
radiation, but that only matters if you're trying to ragchew within a 
few hundred miles. See the links I posted for some real science on the 
topic.

73, Jim K9YC

##  80m verticals on a city lot will be real noisy on RX.  Trying to keep
a dedicated RX ant away from the TX vertical will be a chore. 

Jim  VE7RF